Microsoft has kicked off a research project to create software that will take over when it retires Windows.

Called Midori, the cut-down operating system is radically different to Microsoft's older programs.

It is centred on the internet and does away with the dependencies that tie Windows to a single PC.

"I dropped out of school, we got the company going and people thought we were kind of strange guys". These are the words of the man who has actually achieved where he could proudly say, Been There, Done That.

Microsoft's eager attempt to buy out Yahoo, the rival internet giant, on the 1st of February, 2008, is still under hot discussion. Microsoft had offered to pay Yahoo a total sum of US$44.6 billion valued at US$31 per share, which later came down to US$42 billion.

Just check this pic... and observe the situation against poor Microsoft.

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Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! aim to generate billions of dollars through mobile advertising over next decade.

Google is going to launch hosted-storage services. This service may include the limited amount of free storage with extra space. But the price is still undisclosed.

Microsoft is organizing a complimentary Web Tools Training workshop at the Government College University, Lahore (venue details below).